How to avoid blowing up your car after you turbocharge it
Congratulations, Chachi! You've read through THIS STORY and have now successfully strapped Spooly McBoostington to the exhaust ports of your naturally aspirated engine. You're ready to choo-choo your mad machine all over the...
BUDGET BUILDS: the top 5 budget cars for your first project!
"You should build cars the average person can afford" is something we have seen written all over social media whenever a new car build breaks cover - and this is true for...
WIN OUR CAR!
Two Hondas enter, but only one will remain in the MCM shed. It's turbo pssh-pssh versus naturally aspirated ting-ting VTEC purity as the show car battles the JDM icon, and an...
Why 90s tuner cars are no more gaudy than any other era of modified cars
MOOG's new car (seen HERE) caused a lot of people to question the drugs car-builders were taking during the 1990s and early 2000s. However, this era of "show cars" is,...
How the heck do you turbo your car?
One of the most popular questions we get asked is, "why do MOOG's feet smell like lollies?" I can't answer that, but I can answer the 2nd most popular question:...
What's happening with MOOG's 180SX?
At the end of May 2020 MOOG dropped a new video on the MCM channel showcasing a car he'd wanted to buy for many years: a stock 180SX. You can...
Understanding Engines Part IV - what you should do BEFORE you book in for a tune
Getting your project car running is mad, as Marty found out IN THE LATEST EPISODE. So how do you do that? If you've put an aftermarket ECU in your car,...
Why Ignition Timing is the key to your engine operating properly: Understanding Engines Part Trois (that's 3, but all fancy like in French ooh-lala!)
So you want to jam more llamathrusts into your engine and you've swapped a month's worth of cursed gypsy gold for the biggest boomstick you can get from your friendly...
How to fix your V8 (Understanding Engines, Part 2)
After you’ve added an aftermarket exhaust and intake, upgraded the factory valve springs and had a tune done, the next step in NA performance for an LS V8 involves swapping...
Understanding engines: how a camshaft works (part 1)
While we love our choo-choo spooly bois and whine-box screamy screws, when it comes time to taste the big-capacity pushrod life of a V8 we really need to start learning...
Marty's Gemini project - MCM garage update
"What is happening with Marty's Gemini?" is a question we get pumped with every week, so now we're going to go through the MCM fleet and give you guys answers...
A Garmin What?
We've had some Garmin gear hanging off our windscreens in some recent videos... here's why
